Risk Assessment

The location in which principal shooting will take place, Steetly, will permit a number of potential risks to both the group and others, as well as the sequence itself, the environment and technical equipment. The risks have many different implications that vary from those that are physical, financial, environmental, and in terms of marketing.

This document details the most prominent risks and the associated implications of these coupled with preventative measures.

In order to minimise the above we will conduct an initial assessment of the site when arriving to determine the visible risks associated with uneven or unsuitable ground along with any protuberances that could lead to injury. During this initial assessment camera equipment will be not be mobilised until we are fully certain there is a suitable place to use if safely.

There are a lot of potential risks when we will be filming our sequence in Steetly as this is a remote location and it adheres various health and safety hazards that we have to be aware of. The main hazards that we have to be aware of are aspects such as falling over on sharp objects that may cause injury this could be things such as glass, sharp rocks, needles etc. Another possible hazard we have to be aware of holes in the ground, if not being careful where you walk this could lead to you falling in and could result in a serious injury. When filming near the water tanks there was a possible chance of falling in to avoid this we ensured that we kept a safe distance away from them and walked around in a sensible manor. The key principal into staying safe is to use common sense and just genrally be carefull what your doing.

The location is some distance away (from group members’ homes) so therefore it will need to be reached by some form of vehicular transport. This has a number of obvious risks that are broad, and vary from an RTA in an extreme sense to making sure that the car is fully roadworthy and suitable to transport all passengers in comfort and safety (i.e. seatbelts). The latter is also the case for the camera equipment to ensure it is not broken and protected from theft if left unattended. This equipment will not be left in a visible position in the car itself but in the lockable boot away from plain sight. The vehicle should also be fully insured, hold a valid MOT and tax disc. The camera equipment should be covered by owner’s insurance.

The group will need to ensure the appropriate technical equipment such as the camera(s), tripod, etc. is brought along, as these are necessary to film the sequence to a high quality. For example, not using a tripod risks camera shake and dropping the camera, which has subsequent financial implications. Prior to shooting all equipment should be checked for things such as being fully charged, fully operational and empty sufficient memory card storage space.

Before shooting the group should run through what we have planned to re-familiarise ourselves with how and when we intend to do things to prevent conflict and to iron out any discrepancies, disagreements or problems. This will maximise the quality of the final sequence.

Liam Hedley

Although needing to incorporate USPs, we must be careful to not deviate too far from the typical genre conventions, as it is these conventions that attract audiences. We will need to ensure that we use a combination of conventional camera shots, for example, as well as developing and experimenting creatively in this aspect amongst others. We need to keep out audience as mainstream as possible to maximise revenue streams. With this in mind the film will be targeted as a 15 as this is not too delimitating, but appropriate for our plot and themes, etc.

With reference to the above we need to ensure that our film is one which distributors would approve and market to again maximise revenue streams.

Liam Hedley